Sterling Auburn ConcreteSterling Auburn Concrete

Concrete Contractor in New Gloucester, ME - Slabs That Stay Flat on Rolling Ground

Sterling Auburn Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Auburn, pouring driveways, patios, garage floors, footings and foundations in New Gloucester. We dig out, pack the base and set each slab so water runs away from your house.

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About New Gloucester, ME

New Gloucester is farm country with the houses spread far apart, so most of our calls there come from big lots with long driveways, barns and sheds. You see old farmhouses along Intervale Road and Shaker Road, newer homes set back in the woods, and the rolling hills around Pineland Farms. It's the same kind of ground we pour on next door in Gray and Poland.

That spread-out, hilly ground decides most of the job. Long drives climb slopes, low spots near the Royal River and the brooks stay wet into spring, and older houses sit on ground that's been filled and regraded more than once, so we plan the base and the drainage before we ever talk about the finish.

Services in New Gloucester, ME

  • Concrete driveway building

    Long driveways up a slope here take runoff across them every storm, so ruts and washouts are common. We dig out, pack a real base and pitch the slab so water leaves off the side.

  • Garage floor concrete

    Detached garages and barns here often have dirt or broken floors. We pull what's there, pack the ground the slab sits on and pour a flat floor that drains toward the door.

  • Concrete sidewalk building

    Older homes here often have heaved slabs or sunken stepping stones to the door. Our concrete sidewalk building starts with a packed base and cut joints that tell cracks where to go.

  • Concrete retaining walls

    Sloped lots here push soil and water downhill toward driveways and patios. We set retaining walls on solid footings with drainage behind, so the wall holds the hill instead of leaning.

  • Concrete footings

    Additions, porches and sheds on older properties need footings below the frost so they don't heave each winter. We dig to firm ground and pour footings sized to what sits on them.

  • Concrete steps construction

    Front steps on older New Gloucester houses often crumble or pull away from the house as the ground shifts. We tear them out and form new steps on footings with even step heights.

What New Gloucester asks before we pour, and what sets the price

The Town of New Gloucester issues the permit for any new structure there, so when your slab is part of a new garage, an addition or a foundation, that permit comes first and the pour date waits on it. Before we book any job, we check with the permit office on what it needs, and when a permit is called for, we handle the application. We're licensed and fully insured, I've been doing this since 2013, and the person who gives you the estimate is the one running the crew on pour day.

Price here mostly follows the ground and the reach, meaning how much base the soil needs and how far the truck has to go up a long drive. The schedule turns on any permit, the weather and the cure, and your written estimate gives you the figure and the plan for your own job. We see the same long drives and farm lots up in Turner, so none of this is new to us.

New Gloucester, ME properties and local conditions

A lot of New Gloucester houses are old farmhouses with barns and sheds added over the years, and the ground around them has been filled, graded and driven on for a long time. Old fill and buried stone settle unevenly, which is usually why a garage floor or walk here sinks at one corner and holds a puddle. We dig past the soft stuff to firm ground and pack the subgrade, the layer the slab sits on, in layers so it's done moving before we pour.

Slope is the other one. Plenty of lots here tip toward the house, and a slab that falls the wrong way sends every rain to your foundation, so we check where the water runs before we set a form. When a budget gets tight, people usually want to cut the base because nobody sees it on day one. I'd cut the fancy finish first, because the base is the one part you can't fix later without starting over.

Get a free on-site estimate for your New Gloucester concrete job

We reply within one business day and set a time for me to come out to your New Gloucester property. The estimate is free, done on site, and there's no obligation to book anything.

What happens when you call us about a New Gloucester job

  1. Call and set a visit

    You call (207) 707-4423 or send the form, and we set a time for me to come out. It helps if you're home so you can show me how you use the space.

  2. I look, measure and ask

    I check the ground, measure the job and ask how you'll use it, since a drive that sees a plow truck gets built differently than a patio. You get a written estimate, so you know the price before anything is booked.

  3. Permits first, then the base

    Once you're ready, we check what the local permit office needs and set a pour date that suits the job and the weather. We dig out and pack the base before any concrete shows up.

  4. Pour, cure and walk through

    We pour, finish and cure the slab properly, and you stay off it until it's hard enough to take the weight. Before we pack up, we walk it with you.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a permit to pour a concrete slab in New Gloucester, ME?

If the slab is part of a new structure, yes, because New Gloucester issues permits for any new structure and that permit is where a homeowner starts. For a driveway, patio or walk on its own, New Gloucester's permit office is the place to ask, and we ask them ourselves before we book.

Does concrete work in New Gloucester's historic district need Planning Board review?

It can, because New Gloucester's comprehensive plan says the Planning Board must review any construction or alterations on properties in the Historic Resource Overlay District, checking that the work fits the district's massing, layout and look. The plan puts that overlay along parts of Intervale Road around the Universalist Meetinghouse, parts of Shaker Road including the Shaker Village, and the lower village on parts of Intervale, Cobbs Bridge and Gloucester Hill roads. If your property is in one of those areas, talk to the Planning Board early, before the design is set.

What can turn up when you dig for a slab on an old New Gloucester property?

Old foundation holes, stone walls, hand-dug wells and former mill sites, because the plan says many unmapped 18th- and 19th-century sites lie throughout New Gloucester. That covers the whole area, not your lot in particular. If we hit one, we stop, show you and work out how to fill or bridge it, since an old well under a new slab is a good way to grow a sinkhole.

What affects the cost of a concrete driveway in New Gloucester?

The size, the base work the ground needs, getting the truck to it and the finish set the price, and your written estimate puts a figure on your job. Tearing out an old slab, hauling in base for soft or wet ground and a long reach up a hillside drive all add cost. A broom finish, the light brushed texture that gives tires and boots some grip, costs less than stamped or colored concrete.

How long does it take before I can drive on a new concrete driveway?

Longer than you'll want, because the slab has to cure, which is the wait while concrete hardens to full strength, and driving on it early is how a good pour gets marked up for good. You can walk on it well before the car goes back on, and cold weather stretches both. I'll give you the dates for your job along with the pour date.

What causes concrete driveways to crack and heave in New Gloucester winters?

Water getting under the slab and freezing does most of it, because ice lifts the slab and the spring thaw lets it settle back unevenly. A packed base that drains, rebar, the steel set inside the slab to hold it together, and control joints, shallow cuts that give a crack a straight place to go, keep the damage down. Concrete is going to crack somewhere, so our job is deciding where.

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Plan your New Gloucester concrete job now

Call (207) 707-4423 or send the form before the season starts, so any permit or Planning Board review is done by the time the ground is ready to pour.

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